花費

See also: 花费

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	to cost; to spend; fee to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses; surname
trad. (花費)		花	費
simp. (花费)		花	费

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huāfèi

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚㄈㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ fai³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hoa-hùi

(Teochew, Peng'im): huê¹ hui³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huāfèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚㄈㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huafèi
  - Wade–Giles: hua¹-fei⁴
  - Yale: hwā-fèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huafey
  - Palladius: хуафэй (xuafɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faa¹ fai³
  - Yale: fā fai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ fai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ fei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ fɐi̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-hùi
  - Tâi-lô: hua-huì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'huix
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² hui²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hua³³ hui⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huê¹ hui³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hue hùi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hue³³⁻²³ hui²¹³/

Verb

花費

to spend; to expend

Synonyms

耗費／耗费 (hàofèi)
開銷／开销 (kāixiāo)
開支／开支 (kāizhī)
(polite) 破費／破费 (pòfèi)
(literary, or in compounds) 破 (pò)
消費／消费 (xiāofèi)
(Hokkien) 開舉／开举
(Hokkien) 開用／开用
(Hokkien) 開使用／开使用

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huāfei

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ˙ㄈㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faa¹ fai³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoa-hùi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huāfei
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ˙ㄈㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huafe̊i
  - Wade–Giles: hua¹-fei⁵
  - Yale: hwā-fei
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hua.fei
  - Palladius: хуафэй (xuafɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ feɪ̯²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faa¹ fai³
  - Yale: fā fai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faa¹ fai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: fa¹ fei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː⁵⁵ fɐi̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa-hùi
  - Tâi-lô: hua-huì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoa'huix
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hua⁴⁴⁻²² hui²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hua³³ hui⁴¹/

Noun

花費

expense; cost; expenditure

Synonyms

使用 (shǐyòng)
成本 (chéngběn) (cost involved in the production of something)
所費 / 所费 (Hokkien)
支出 (zhīchū)
用度 (yòngdù)
用費 / 用费 (yòngfèi)
用項 / 用项 (yòngxiàng)
耗用 (hàoyòng)
耗費 / 耗费 (hàofèi)
花銷 / 花销 (huāxiao)
費用 / 费用 (fèiyòng)
資費 / 资费 (zīfèi)
開支 / 开支 (kāizhī)
開銷 / 开销 (kāixiāo)